Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Reflection and Plant Sale Do Now: Highlights! Choose 2-3 off of the list. Be ready to share and support your claims. Reflection Cycle (Structures and Events, HoMs, HoPs) Jigsaw in Pairs - Document Thinking Core Learning Goals Habits of Mind Habits of Professionalism In 10 years . . . . Pair to Pair Share Share the Gems Ticket Out More and Less Protocol Appreciations! Friday, May 19
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Do Now! Quizlet - show me 90% or better Individual IPM TEST! How shall we organize this? (I've got an idea.) Plant Sale Posters Tuesday, May 16
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Do Now! NPK memory help! MATH! Practice Problem Marathon Systemic Vegetable Transplants Green House bench area 15' x 100' Planting and Spring Clean Up - EVERYBODY Kale planting Tomato Transplants Plant Care Signs Planning Fence measuring Home Learning was great, but it's over! Friday, May 12
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Do Now! Chemicals at your table. Check the white board for sorting instructions. MATH! Dilution and rate problems. Planting and Spring Clean Up - EVERYBODY OUTSIDE! Wednesday, May 10
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Blood Drive 41 Units - Thank you! Do Now! Sort from most to least dangerous. Claim/Support Working Plan for Today 1 IPM Problem Solving Lab - due today. 2 Home Learning 22 Lexicon Short Film Analysis - due today. 3 Gardening (20 minute sessions) alpha Drawing resource Turn tomato garden Plant roots/perennials Peas/Beans Transplant Tomatoes Spring Clean Up Set up water/raised beds and new plantings Sunflowers Protect new plantings Friday - gardening and plant sale preparations Tuesday, May 9
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Blood Drive! Do Now! Sort from most to least dangerous. Claim/Support IPM Problem Solving Lab Home Learning 22 Lexicon Short Film Analysis Friday, May 5
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Workin' in the Garden! Do Now! What is this and how does it work? Get Stuff Done Day Spring Clean Up Dump Truck Filling Turning! Weeding Planting Seeding Vinegar Spray Water system going Measure and Draw (Miranda composting plans?) Moving stock plants Plant grooming Plant Sale Posters Topics - Heirloom, Hardening Off Home Learning - Don't forget! You will have some time on Tuesday. Tuesday, May 2
The Chemistry of Agriculture - Fertilizers and Pesticides Do Now Together! POV Roles for watching a short film. Weather Dependent Possibilities! 1 Presentations: Sara B and Fiona 2 Signs for Nourish 3 IPM Introduction 4 Transplanting 5 Turning! 6 Dump Truck Filling 7 Plant grooming 8 Plant Sale Posters 9 Topics - Heirloom, Hardening Off 10 Garden Photos 11 Product Investigations 12IPM Posters/Digital Resource Home Learning Tuesday, April 25 and Friday, April 28, 2017
Digital Design Work - Writing Transplanting Do Now! Make a check list/TO DO list. Save your garden somewhere - or screen shot - we are getting close to our 45 days! (mild panic.) 1 Veggie Garden Theme/Purpose 2 Planning/Seed Selection Guide 3 Rough Draft 4 Digital Design (see requirements on Project Overview) 5 Writing Component 6 Transplanting 7 Succulent Garden Studio Time - Project Overview - Deadline Friday. To Do List! Sorry, no home learning this week. Friday, April 21, 2017
Evidence Check Rough Draft, Moving Forward to Design, Succulent Garden Do Now! Gather your notebook and Veggie Garden Planning Guide. Plan Garden. Project Overview with requirements. Notebook: Succulent Garden Process, Finish Pepper Transplants demonstration/notes. Studio Time Succulent garden. Show me a rough sketch of your garden layout. Work on final design. Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Evidence Check, Moving Forward to Design, Transplanting Do Now! Gather your notebook and Veggie Garden Planning Guide. Plan Garden. Project Overview with requirements. Notebook: Pepper Transplants demonstration/notes. Studio Time Show me your planning guide. Make a rough sketch of your garden layout. Start final design. Transplant peppers. Sorry, not HL this week. Unless . . . Friday - succulent garden demo. Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Classroom and plant work Do Now! Go to HL 17 the Bee Story and select a challenge that you think is important to address. Write it down on a scrap paper. Prepare for mix and mingle directions. Clean out the upper cabinets, rolling cart for coleus. Transplanting. Plant Care. Remember your home learning - see you next Tuesday! Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Propagation Presentations Vegetable Garden Planning Guide Check Norms! Screens Down, No Backpacks, Water Only, Greet Colleagues, Remember 2 week deadline on Home Learning Do Now! Prepare for propagation presentations. Presenters gather your materials. Audience set up the theater. So far we have seen heard from Connor/Brett and Ashlie/Sarah. Everybody else is on deck for today! We will save at least 20 minutes for studio time. Garden Planning Guide Plant Care Transplanting HL Friday, April 7, 2017
Propagation Presentations Vegetable Garden Planning Guide Check Norms! Screens Down, No Backpacks, Water Only, Greet Colleagues, Remember 2 week deadline on Home Learning Do Now! Prepare for propagation presentations. Presenters gather your materials. Audience set up the theater. Alex/McKenna Connor/Brett Ashlie/Sarah - on the desktop Garden MiniWork Session Move fungus soil and box soil Wheelbarrow and tools Benches Litter Observations Vegetable Garden Design Observations Studio Time
Plant Care Planning Guide - Veggie Selection (Due Next Friday) HL Due Next Tuesday Transplanting (1 for credit, plant sale plants) Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Vegetable Garden Design - Developing Sustainable Patterns for our Food System Do Now! Circle Up - Vegetable Gardening Histories Do Now Together: Debrief Changes to Classroom Management Plan. Catch me up! Propagation Projects Prove It - Designs HL Garden Theme Brainstorm Seed Selection - Planning Guide Example Seed Catalogs paper/online Home Learning Bees, Processed Foods Tuesday, March 21
Vegetable Garden Design - Developing Sustainable Patterns for our Food System Do Now! Circle Up - Vegetable Gardening Histories Do Now Together: Debrief Changes to Classroom Management Plan. Announcements I need some time to review your propagation projects. We will share them when we return from Spring Break. We will work in class on our vegetable garden designs and succulent gardens and plants for plant sale. We will use HL for background knowledge on larger issues - followed by in class discussions. Veggie Garden Design Introduction and Documents Studio Time for PROVE IT Home Learning Friday, March 17
Complete Revisions based on Feedback and turn in your Finished Propagation Projects! Dear Botanists, Thank you for your independence this week. I am so looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday. It is time to complete your propagation project. So, here's the deal: Review your feedback from Wednesday - save the forms that you made on Wednesday and turn them in to the sub by the end of the hour. They are evidence of your collaboration and ability to respond to feedback. Make revisions or additions to your propagation project communication. If your product is digital (slide show, video, etc.) send me an email with the title and name(s) of your group with the product attached or linked. Do this by the end of the hour today. If your product is paper give it to the sub by the end of the hour today. Be sure that your names are on it . . . Give the sub your feedback forms from Wednesday. All of the paper things could end up on my cart so that I could pick them up this weekend? Some sort of problem? Missing materials? Other minor disasters? Turn in what you have in good faith. Problem solving will happen next week. Turn in what you have. Don't forget to do your Home Learning 18 for next week - it is necessary to do the next step of the process on Tuesday. 10 people have done it so far! Yippee! Turn in what you have in good faith. Thank you again, Karen Wednesday, March 15
Give and Receive Feedback on Your Propagation Projects (No whining please.) I'm still sick - I will do all the whining. Do Now! Project Groups/Individuals - Choose 5 of the ten components in the project document that you want feedback on for your communication piece. Write your topic, your name(s) and the 5 things on a piece of paper - this is for peers to write comments on. (5 - 8 minutes.) Round Robin Critique 1 Set up your presentation. Plan what you are going to say and show. (5 minutes.) 2 Pair up with another group or individual. Take turns presenting your work/writing comments on the 5 components for feedback. (5 minutes each = 10 minutes.) Discuss/Debrief the comments and components. Specifically - what needs to be added/revised to make the communication clear and accurate? (3-5 minutes.) 3 Find another partner/group and repeat #2. (15 minutes) 4 And one more time! #2 (15 minutes) You should have presented 3 times and given/received feedback 3 times. Keep the feedback form for Fridays revision work. Whole class - debrief the process. Closing circle - What was the most important feedback that you received today? Sorry to miss this. Hope to see you Friday. k Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Practice Propagation Techniques. Make communication products. Dear Botanists, Today is the last making day. I am out sick. Most of the materials and tools are on or under the big black table near the window. If there are things that you cannot find for today, we will problem-solve tomorrow or Friday. Do the best you can. Do Now! Check the list below and make a plan for studio time today. 1 Home Learning 17 - Propagation of Endangered Species - Deadline today. 2 Home Learning 18 - Set up design program - deadline Tuesday, March 21. 3 Project Communication Piece (drawings, slides, movie) Use the Project Document Components that we identified when analyzing the professional models. Save your plan for the ticket out - with descriptions of accomplishments. STUDIO TIME First 1/2 Quiet Mostly Individual work on HL and project communication. Earbuds are appropriate. Second 1/2 Collaboration Time - Discussion - group feedback or processing. No earbuds. Ticket out - Save your plan for the ticket out - with descriptions of accomplishments. Do Now Together: Debrief Changes to Classroom Management Plan. Review your notes/folders/google docs. Where are you in the process? Quick Jot: Next 2 things to do. (Save for Ticket Out.) Studio Time with Observations. Ticket Out: Process/progress? Need for outside of school time? Digital or physical share? HomeLearning Friday, March 10, 2017
Practice Propagation Techniques. Make communication products. Today and Tuesday are the last 2 making days. Do Now! Review your notes/folders/google docs. Where are you in the process? Quick Jot: Next 3 things to do. (Save for Ticket Out.) Circle Up and Share/Declare. Studio Time with Observations. Ticket Out: Last call for materials. Plan for Tuesday. Friday, February 24
Propagation Project Research and Presentation Design Do Now! Prepare to share the after care of your propagation method. Project Studio Time - Please keep a record of evidence in you project document in your botany folder. Here is a 'quote' from the project document timeline: F2.24 Make project products. Evidence - What did you make and where is it stored. Questions/Needs/Other Materials Evidence of Skill - Stem Cutting and Lettuce Transplant Volunteers first and then I will call for you! Home Learning for March 3. Tuesday, February 21
Propagation Project Research and Presentation Design Tri 2 Late and Missing Work, DEADLINE, Class Time on Friday, February 24 Circle Up! What kind(s) of plant(s) can you propagate with your project method? Project Studio Time - Please keep a record of evidence in you project document in your botany folder. Here is a 'quote' from the project document timeline: T2.21 All materials should be present. Product Planning and Rehearsal - evidence - scripts, storyboards, sketches, captions, lists, step-by-step planning, preliminary photos, other . . . Evidence of Skill - Stem Cutting and Lettuce Transplant Volunteers first and then I will call for you! Home Learning for March 3. Friday, February 17
Propagation Project Research and Presentation Design Tri 2 Late and Missing Work, DEADLINE, Class Time on Friday, February 24 Do Now! Individually, analyze this slide show with captions for the 10 components in the Project Document. List +strengths/values, -missing elements, *suggestions. Share. Debrief. Brief Meeting with your Plant Design Team to review the Feedback. Write a statement of take-aways from the feedback. Specific Values - your strengths that you will keep using/enhancing; Specific Concerns - areas for you to work on and at least one thing you could do to improve on this next propagation project. Share. Debrief. ReTake the Meristem Quizlet. (silent, individual work) With stem cutting drawing/label on the back . . . Move into Studio Time Review and provide feedback on the project timeline - in the Project Document. Fill in specific tasks/project parts and who is responsible? Ticket Out - TimeLine Feedback Wednesday, February 15
Propagation Project Research and Presentation Design Tri 2 Late and Missing Work, DEADLINE, Class Time on Friday, February 24 Circle Up! On sentence summary of your propagation method/topic. Studio Time Goal Setting Project Document = the WHAT Studio Time = the HOW Karen Robison Example = Meet with each group to clear up research problems and make a plants/materials list. Based on student ticket's out I will make a proposed timeline for this project and share it with everyone on Friday for feedback. AND today I will set up and supervise succulent propagation. Write your goal(s) on your ticket out paper from yesterday. Studio Time Ticket Out Home Learning - Go back to HL on Meristems and Study - quizlet retakes on Friday and PDP rubrics/feedback forms Tuesday, February 14
Review Background Knowledge Introduce Propagation Project Do Now! Decide. Come to the Circle with a Partner (1, one, a single one, forming a pair) or an Independent Attitude. Circle UP! Declare. And brainstorm propagation project products (PPP) Topics? Random or . . . choice? What if? Studio Time 1 Review Project Document - Compass Points Share Studio Time 2 Preliminary Research - Leading to Product Decision. Create a document in your Botany Google Folder - share it with your partner. Copy Paste project document components. Paste address or small text sections that address each component. You can summarize and write later - start out with searching and capturing. I will return rubrics and quizlets. Ticket Out Home Learning - Go back to HL on Meristems and Study - quizlet retakes on Friday. Friday, February 10, 2017
Plant Propagation: To clone or not to clone, that is the question. Identification and Propagation of Succulents (10 min) Do Now! Meet me at the door and tell me if you prefer to do research independently or with a partner. I will give you a quizlet (2 sides!) Independent please. (20 min) THE SCHOOL WIFI FILTER WILL NOT DEFEAT US! Bud Grafting Video Dear Botanists,
As we prepare for our propagation projects, this video demonstration will help you organize the parts and pieces of your work. Watch the video and make a list of the 'components' or parts and pieces. For example, if you were making a list of the components of the super bowl half time show you might include: preparing the stage, lighting, introducing the star, organizing the entrance and exit of the dancers, fireworks, etc. What are the parts and pieces of this demonstration video? Look at the Agenda from Wednesday, Feb 1 for preparing for our propagation studies. (I will return your tickets out as well.)
Plant Design Project Reflection in this Blog Post Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Present Evidence Learning! Plant Designs Do Now! Gather your presentation materials. Email anything that you want projected on the screen to me. Rehearse your presentation. Process & Responsibilities Presenters - Communicate! Audience - Design Rubric Audience - Presentation Quality Audience - Ladder of Feedback Home Learning Reminder! Friday, February 3, 2017
International Fake Mustache Day Present Evidence Learning! Plant Designs Do Now! Gather your presentation materials. Email anything that you want projected on the screen to me. Rehearse your presentation. Process & Responsibilities Presenters - Communicate! Audience - Design Rubric Audience - Presentation Quality Audience - Ladder of Feedback Plan for Tuesday
Home Learning Reminder! Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Plant Propagation: To clone or not to clone, that is the question. Identification and Propagation of Succulents Do Now! Grab a your notebook, a few sheets of scrap paper to protect the table, your boxwood, and a scissors or two per table. Plant Care Review SALT Water - do this after pruning. Character pruning. Apical meristems and nodes. Seeds - Biodiversity/Sexual Reproduction - Seeding Basics 3 plugs with Tags 1. 3-4 Lettuce seeds in one plug, mix or same, note varieties in your notebook. Label: Your name/Lettuce. 2. Only one seed of Sensitive Plant (sorry we are short!) Label: Your name/Sensitive 3. Two cacti seeds. Unknown varieties. Label: Your name/Cacti Succulents - Stem and Leaf propagation. Dish Garden - the longterm plan. Plugs and trays. Methods. Demo. See Resources.
No labels - show me. We will share the children. Meristems Home Learning. Succulents Identification - Sample Plants Classroom (4,5,6) and Mosaic Stairwell.(1,2,3) Ticket Out - We won't be back to this practice and study until next Tuesday. Mark what you have already done. Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Plant Design Project How can we show evidence of our understanding about adaptations and environmental pressures? Do Now! Gather your Plant Design Project Folder, art materials and open any writing docs. Circle Up - Clarify project schedule and today's goals. ME This is the last in-class studio time. Presentations will be Friday - luck of the draw order - with whomever is present. Late work is not acceptable. Revisions are acceptable (even encouraged.) Share all digital resources, slides, images with me. YOU? Studio Time Home Learning Reminder Friday, January 27, 2017
Plant Design Project How can we organize or images and captions to best communicate the environmental fitness of our plant design? 5 minutes Do Now! Gather your Plant Design Project Folder, art materials and open any writing docs. Circle Up - Collaboration Goal/Action. Studio Time 1 (30 minutes) Gallery Walk Scrap Paper for Feedback Studio Time 2 (30 minutes) Tuesday Plans and Home Learning Reminder Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Plant Design Project How can we organize or images and captions to best communicate the environmental fitness of our plant design? 5 minutes Do Now! Annotation - Use the ladder of feedback to annotate the design rubric. ? Clarifying Questions + Values CS Concerns/Suggestions 5 minutes Debrief/Collect Rubrics 10-15 minutes Home Learning Discussion - What?, So what? Now what? Studio Time 1 Gallery Walk preparation - drawings/sketches, criteria Requested feedback? (3 minutes) 2 Gallery Walk w Feedback (5 minutes) 3 Feedback Discussion (5 minutes) 4 Continue creation of drawings and writing and presentation planning. (30-35 minutes) Home Learning Friday, January 20, 2017
Plant Design Project Transitioning from Design Thinking to Design Production Emphasis on Communication Do Now! Quick Jot - What are the characteristics of profession communication? Visual? Written? Verbal? Share and create HoP's Communication Goals. Studio Time 1 - Project Document List - Who's accountable? 2 - Materials Selection 3 - Making We will start Tuesday with a discussion of the Home Learning and a Gallery Walk of the Project so-far. Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Plant Design Project: Design Brainstorming & Identify Research Needs How can we meet our plant's environmental and life cycle needs? How do other plants with similar situations work? Do Now! Meet me at the door and get a quizlet. Try it on your own (yes, fill them all in - maybe use pencil.) Find someone with the same quizlet to check - if you agree you are probably correct, if not . . . figure it out. Debrief. Agenda Overview - Project Document/Requirements/Examples Goals and ticket out: On the back of your quizlet. 1 List the major steps in the plant life cycle (6). 2 Identify your role in the plant design project. 3 What would be a good 'product' goal for today? 4 What would be a good 'thinking' goal for today? 5 What would be a good 'collaboration' goal for today? Studio Time - Project & Plant Care Ticket Out Home Learning Friday, January 13, 2017
Plant Design Project: Build Some Background Knowledge Identify Specific Environmental Needs/Problems to Solve Do Now! Gather your Plant Design Project folder and open your google research and design worksheet. Take 3 - 5 minutes to refocus and remember your biome/environment research from last Friday. Identify 3 environmental conditions for your group that will drive your designs (example: Whoa! only 10 inches of rain or temperatures ranging from 20 degrees below zero to 110 degrees.) Notice the specificity - 'It's like, kinda hot, sometimes.' Would not be a good example. Circle Up in your Design Groups: (10 - 15 minutes) Whip around and share the important or limiting environmental conditions. Hold each other accountable for specific conditions. Help with suggestions. Discuss: Do you notice any patterns? Any shared or related problems? STUDIO TIME Brainstorm design ideas: (20 - 30 minutes) Determine Manager and Recorder Roles. Discuss the rest of the share version of the Research and Design Worksheet in your group. The manager should lead this process. The recorder should take notes on this discussion on your shared copy of the R&D Worksheet. You may need to stop and do some research as you do this thinking. You will need to refer to your environmental research. Organize: (10 minutes) Go to the last page of the Project Document and divide up responsibilities for the Illustration and Visual Presentation Requirements. Who's doin' what? Recorder record this on your shared doc. Do Next: If you have additional time - finish the Home Learning that is due today or continue identified research. Many thanks! Karen Friday, January 6, 2017
Plant Design Project: Build Some Background Knowledge Identify Specific Environmental Needs/Problems to Solve Do Now! Find your Plant Design Group and Prepare the folder with your Plant Genetic Design Company and your names. Practice the quizlet individually and then check answers within your design company. Project Planning Studio Time 1 Environments/Habitats Research Plan Evidence Executive Summary Design Criteria Environmental Problems to Solve? HomeLearning for next Friday Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Root Anatomy: Structure and Function Plant Design Project Introduction Do Now! Flower Caption, Share Root Anatomy - Structure and Function, Draw with Me! Dental Dissection Plant Project Introduction - Annotation Home Learning - Weird Plants - Adaptation Study Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Fruit Anatomy: Structure and Function Do Now! Gather in your folder groups. Find your anatomy folder, check if your flowers lab is in there and give it to me ! Grab your notebook and a handful of different colored markers. Fruit Anatomy Draw with me! 2 fold/4 rectangles 1 Three basic parts of any fruit. Draw your cucumber slice. Fruit key. Dispersal possibilities (with your life cycle drawing.) 2,3,4 Three different fruits. Share. Draw from life. ID the fruit type. How will the seeds be dispersed? Home Learning Wednesday, December 21
A Funny Thing Happened to Me at the Intersection of Botany and Culture Botany Communication - Plant Life Cycle Circle Up! Plan for the Day Studio Time Tasks Balcony Gallery 1-6 ICONS Black Sharpie on White Paper 8.5 x 11 1-6 Definition Captions - Tweets 1-6 Pick a detail research images 1-6 Issues and Questions Industrial Corn - Read and Find a Story or Poetry - Type (make a shared google doc?) Put them up! Ticket Out - What did you make? What specific details about your work should be noticed? Make a connection between our botany science learning and our botany culture thinking. Pack and take home your plants - goldfish and plectranthus. Thank you. Tuesday, December 20
A Funny Thing Happened to Me at the Intersection of Botany and Culture Circle Up! Plan for the Day and Presentation Time Studio Time Tasks 1 Individual (<5 minutes) Package your plants for the trip home. Double bag. Staple. Location at home - E,S,W window, drip catch, SALT Water. Take the goldfish and Plectranthus home this week. 2 Individual (10 - 15 minutes) Home Learning Response - Assigned home learning to read and take one step further . . . investigate an aspect or idea from the botanist's post and add it to the string. Post your resource and your thinking. 3 Group Random by Article # (30 minutes) Read and annotate the issues articles and resources and prepare a concept map. Put the core issue or concern in the center and branch out with connections, extensions, and challenges from the articles and resources. Gallery Walk - at 1:20 Evidence folder - your annotations. Friday, December 16
Staple Crops - Seeds and Agriculture Do Now! SALT Water - Check your plants! Do Now! This is the observation hive the we just received a grant to implement. Compass Points TR. King Corn Independent Film Set up your notebook for King Corn part 2 Choose your reflection: Connect Extend Challenge or Reporter's Notebook or Creative Hunt Don't forget the last home learning assignment for 2016! Next week - Balcony Gallery, Plants Home, Fruit Anatomy Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Staple Crops - Seeds and Agriculture Do Now! Quick Jot in your notebook (12.13.16 Home Learning Quick Jot)
Make a meaningful statement using at least 3 of the word cloud words from today's home learning. King Corn Independent Film Choose your reflection: Connect Extend Challenge or Reporter's Notebook or Creative Hunt Set up your notebook Issues? Design Your Home Learning HL Friday, December 9
Seed - Anatomy, Variation, and Classification Flower Anatomy Quizlet, Plant Care! Do Now! Find your seeds lab from Wednesday and any notes that you put in your notebook. Review for the Flower Quizlet if you wish. (10 minutes) Please put away your chromebooks, for now, and any personal technology, for . . . always. I have a drawer for phones - you can pick them up first thing in the morning on the next day that I work - in this case that would be Tuesday. STUDIO TIME TASKS IN ROTATION Tasks 1,2,3 are due today. 1 Seeds Lab Sort and identify your seeds on a piece of scrap paper. Determine which are monocots and dicots. Draw and label one monocot and one dicot. Pencil drawings, accurate shapes and colors. 2 Plant Care SALT Water and necessary grooming and pruning. Transplant Boxwood for you. Transplant stock plant for plant sale. 3 Flowers Quizlet Paper - independently. 4 Staple Crops Home Learning Wednesday, December 7
Taxonomy of All Plants in 15 minutes! Seed Lab Preparation Circle Up! Draw with me (in your notebook) - taxonomy of all plants in 15 minutes. Seeds Lab Preparation Flower Quizlet 100% Check you plants . . . . SALT Water Assessment Tuesday, December 6
Random Acts of Kindness: Donations WORK. Prepare the Garden for Winter, Snow Stakes, Tools Transplanting, Stock Plant Grooming, Succulent Cuttings Do Now! Antonyms - Clarity with words and motion! Work List. Do Work. Home Learning - For discussion next Tuesday. Tomorrow flowers quizlet. and seeds lab. Friday, December 2
Flower Structure and Function Why aren't all flowers the same? Who is this flower designed to attract? WMYST? Random Acts of Kindness: Make an Encouraging Locker Note Do Now! Quick Jot on the Scrap Paper - What can a flower tell you about 1 - a plant's habitat, 2 - life cycle, 3 - collaborators? Mix and Mingle. Steal like and artist. Share out. Evidence. STUDIO TIME TASKS (30 minutes) 1 Flower Design Mini-Project TITLE your requirements included LARGE drawing LABEL floral parts and pollinator CAPTION explain your evidence 2 Plant care - SALT Water - dead diseased or damaged? Terminal buds . . . again. 3 Show me a 90% or better on the Flower Quizlet. transition Groups. Short Presentation. Does your design meet the needs? Any problems? Next week - work day - outside - putting the garden to rest for the winter. Tuesday, November 22
Flower Structure and Function Why aren't all flowers the same? Who is this flower designed to attract? WMYST? Finishing the Lab . . . HELP! ESAA CHILDCARE - service hours, honor, our community. Do Now! 3 PARTS Go to your skyward and check missing work! Is it in your folder? Put it in the evidence folder. If you have less than a 3 . . . email me with your plan. Practice this quizlet. Show me your score! Practice. Practice. Practice. Get out your flower lab! Review. Watch the following video with your flowers in mind. (12 minutes) Pollinators - Background knowledge and examples. Look for patterns in preference.
Finishing the lab - Box 4 cartoon of your flower and how it is pollinated. List your claim (how, who) and supporting evidence. (15 minutes) Flower Design Mini-Project - start it today - we will have 15 more minutes next time we meet! TITLE your requirements included LARGE drawing LABEL floral parts and pollinator CAPTION explain your evidence Turn in your flower lab and your mini-project as is. Friday, November 18
Flower Structure and Function Why aren't all flowers the same? Who is this flower designed to attract? WMYST? Do Now! Grab your notebook and a piece of plain white paper. Connections - Leaf Structure and Function, Adaptations, Flower Structure and Function, Biodiversity Water Lily Video Tuesday, November 15
Flower Structure and the Plant Life Cycle Do Now! Check norms and get the Plant Life Cycle mini hand out from me at the door - order, headlines, questions? Beauty of Pollination Flower Structure
Open your notebooks and draw with me! Study the Quizlet (other make ups?)
Plant Care Home Learning What's Up? Last Day for Late or Missing Work Friday, Nov. 18 Last Graded Work for 1st Tri = Leaf Adaptation 'Box' Lab, Plant Care, Home Learning 8 Friday, November 11
Transitions! Habitat - Adaptation Relationships - Our plant collection Plant Life Cycle Circle Up! Report on your contributions to the Urban Forest Production . . . taking stock. Wrap up plans. Leaf Adaptations Observations Box Lab and our Home Learning - Discussion Share - Solve Problems Draw with Me - Plant Life Cycle Germination Growth to Maturity (Flowers) Pollination Fertilization Fruit Set and Development Seed Dispersal Germination Mobius Strip - Giant (next week) Ticket Out (6-8 minutes) Show me your plant life cycle drawings and plant care notes in your notebook. Home Learning Reminder Quizlet Make Ups Reminder Wednesday, November 9
Habitat - Adaptation Relationships General Application - Leaf Drawing and Labeling Specific Application - Our Plants Do Now! Plant care basics. (Notebook.) Home habitat. SALT Water Studio Time Tasks (Today and Tomorrow.) 1 Plant Care (I will grade them Thursday.) (<5 min.) 2 Leaf Adaptations: Draw from life, label, describe adaptations. Make structure/function connections. Four box lab. (Hallway, Mosaic Stairway, Classroom examples.) Due e.o.h. Wednesday. (20 - 25 min.) 3 Tales of the Urban Forest - Production Work Complete work discussed in last week's meeting. Deadlines . . . (? 15 - 20 min.) 4 Study to retake quizzes if you have less than a 3. First opportunity for retakes: GWT tomorrow. Deadline November 16. 5 Finish any missing work. Home Learning, Notebook work. Ticket Out New Home Learning. (about 10 minutes) Tomorrow: Habitat adaptations discussion, studio time. Friday: Plant Life Cycle and Flower Anatomy. Tuesday, Nov. 8 Election Day!
Structure Function Relationships : Leaf Anatomy, Photosynthesis, Habitat Adaptations Do Now! Sit with your Chromatography Lab partners. Gather materials - your Chromatography Labs 1 & 2, your notebook with the CEC from Friday, and a leaf or 2 and your quizzes from me! Gather a few marker colors. Spread everything out on the big paper. Make lots and lots of connections, extensions, and challenges - draw arrows with captions. Make your thinking visible. Share/gallery walk. Plant Cross Section Review. Plant care basics. (Notebook.) Home habitat. Light/turn, Water/soil, Pruning: DDD Tissue, Terminal Node. Studio Time Tasks (Today and Tomorrow.) 1 Plant Care (I will grade them Thursday.) (<5 min.) 2 Leaf Adaptations: Draw from life, label, describe adaptations. Make structure/function connections. Four box lab. (Hallway, Mosaic Stairway, Classroom examples.) Due e.o.h. Wednesday. (20 - 25 min.) 3 Tales of the Urban Forest - Production Work Complete work discussed in last week's meeting. Deadlines . . . (? 15 - 20 min.) 4 Study to retake quizzes if you have less than a 3. First opportunity for retakes: GWT tomorrow. Deadline November 16. 5 Finish any missing work. Home Learning, Notebook work. Ticket Out New Home Learning. (about 10 minutes) Tomorrow: Habitat adaptations discussion, studio time. Friday: Plant Life Cycle and Flower Anatomy. Friday, November 4
What pigments are present in leaves from the school gardens and plant collections? What patterns do you see? Design and Conduct an Investigation: Chromatography Lab 2 Do Now! Find a lab partner (partner = 2, if you wish to work in a group of 3 - you must do 2 lab set ups)
Gather your materials - botany notebook, chromatography lab from Tuesday with chromatograph taped to the back. Take one of the Chromatography Lab 2 lab sheets. As a class, watch the slideshow of Tuesday's work - What improvements or additions can we add today? Tuesday was all about process. Today is all about results . . . What are we looking for? Check the Chroma 2 lab sheets for the 'best processes' from Tuesday. Studio Time Goals 1 Complete Chromatography Lab 2 (Wear eye protection when working with solvents.) After Chroma 1 on Tuesday, you identified the lab processes that worked the best. I have added them to today's Chroma Lab 2. 91% Isopropyl or ethyl alcohol/acetone mix watercolor paper cutting followed by crushing with sand in mortar and pestle or with spoon Follow the notes on Chroma 2 2 Observations Before the end of the class - agree on a time to have a gallery walk to observe all of the labs. In your notebook, observe the number of pigments that you observe (xanthophyll yellow?, 2 chlorophylls greens, carotenoids orange, and anthocyanins purple blues) Complete your lab sheet with your observations. Save and tape your chromatograph. 3 In your notebook - in preparation for a Tuesday class discussion - complete a CEC on both chroma labs (process and product) Connect - the labs to our study of leaf anatomy and the process of photosynthesis. Extend - how did these labs extend your knowledge and understanding of the creative process and plant pigments? Challenge - how would you change/improve the labs? What congestions do you still have? 4 Complete the leaf cross section quiz and the photosynthesis quizlet. 5 If you have additional time - Home Learning for next Tuesday. Thank Ms. Meyer for tending to our class! Tuesday, November 1
What pigments are present in leaves from the school gardens and plant collections? What patterns do you see? Design and Conduct an Investigation: Chromatography Lab Do Now! Choose to work individually or with a partner. If you prepared for the lab by doing the home learning - meet me in the lab area to set up. If you did not - do the home learning now and you can try to complete the lab - but will probably need to come after school to finish. Design and Conduct an Investigation: Chromatography Lab Set up, Record Process on the Paper Table Signal me to take a photo While the lab is progressing - take the photosynthesis paper quizlet and Leaf Cross Section quiz. Record your chromatography results. Gallery Walk - Observations/comparison. Remove the substrate to dry in the dark. Signal me to take a photo. Home Learning for next Tuesday. Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26
Leaf cross section structure revisited. Prepare for Chromatography Lab. Tales of the Urban Forest - Production Meetings. Transplant our successful cuttings! Do Now! Leaf Cross Section Practice. Groups of 3. Holy Guacamole - you did a great job with studio time yesterday - most students accomplished 4 of the 8 events. Round 2 today! STUDIO TIME TASK LIST 1 Production Meetings (10 to 15 minutes) Marketing - Planning (short) Photographer's Report - Final Proof Readers - Progress and Assignments Web - Demonstration Sound - Planning (short) 2 Production WORK (10 to 25 minutes) 3 Review the Leaf cross section practice label game (10 minutes) 4 Be sure that the leaf cross section work is in your notebook. (<5 minutes) 5 Watch the Amoeba Sisters' Photosynthesis Video and take notes on it - in particular -the chemical formula for photosynthesis in your notebook. (10 - 20 minutes) You will need to memorize this. 6 Only after doing #5! Practice this Photosynthesis Quizlet. (10 - 15 minutes) 7 Transplant your stem cutting with Miranda - the black Plectranthus alone in a 4" tall plastic pot and the goldfish and tropical box together in one 4" regular pot. (10 minutes) 8 Home Learning Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26
Leaf structure revisited. Tales of the Urban Forest - Production Meetings. Transplant our successful cuttings! Circle Up! Overview of Studio Time We have done this before - several tasks over a few days - rotating through . . . Continuum. I am still have problems with Skyward - a few more days. STUDIO TIME TASK LIST 1 Production Meetings (10 to 15 minutes) Photographer's Report - Final Proof Readers - Progress and Assignments Web - Demonstration Sound - Planning (short) Marketing - Planning (short) 2 Production WORK (10 to 25 minutes) 3 Review the Leaf cross section practice label game (10 minutes) 4 Be sure that the leaf cross section work is in your notebook. (<5 minutes) 5 Watch the Amoeba Sisters' Photosynthesis Video and take notes on it - in particular -the chemical formula for photosynthesis in your notebook. (10 - 20 minutes) You will need to memorize this. 6 Only after doing #5! Practice this Photosynthesis Quizlet. (10 - 15 minutes) 7 Transplant your stem cutting with Miranda - the black Plectranthus alone in a 4" tall plastic pot and the goldfish and tropical box together in one 4" regular pot. (10 minutes) 8 Home Learning for Next Tuesday! Holy Guacamole - accomplishments! Friday, October 21
How can we use story writing and storytelling to help solve everyday problems? Why should we protect the Urban Forest? Thank you notes for Cellcom, the Hayssen Corporation, and Karen Howland. (Take 5 minutes to be grateful.) Circle Up! Should we enter the Creative Writing Festival? What do we need to accomplish today? Photos? Proof Reading - Revisions - Continue - How can we mark completed and revised work? Something on the doc? Web Meeting Sound Engineers Meeting Last Call for Writing - Prioritize Scripts STUDIO TIME Goals on the White Board Wrapping up the writing and photo phase. Transitioning to production jobs and plant care. Tuesday, October 18
How can we use story writing and storytelling to help solve everyday problems? Why should we protect the Urban Forest? Do Now! Go to our home learning blog. Review the responses to the question - How can we use story writing and storytelling to help solve everyday problems? Class Discussion CEC Anyone gone with Addie on Friday? Studio Time Meetings Photographers: Kahlena, Sydney, Cassie, Valencia, Ashlie, Alex M., Destiny Proof Readers: Fiona, Keira, Val, Connor W., Rachel and Hannah and Website Team: Isabel, Kaniya, JJ, Bianca, and Paige Studio Time Work Finish and upload writing to the Proof Reading Folder Finish all HL Production Teams Assignments Ticket Out No New Home Learning This Week. Friday, October 14 How can we use story writing and storytelling to help solve everyday problems? Why should we protect the Urban Forest? Do Now! Gather your botany notebooks. Arrange the room to suit some discussion and feedback. Technology off and away to start with. Gigantic backpacks on the floor please. Welcome Rachel Meyer and Mz Tree a.k.a Kyane Howland Help to navigate the website on Ms Meyer's computer to share writing as needed. Home Learning and Writing Folder. Wednesday, October 12
Why should we protect the Urban Forest? What is the value of a tree? Do Now! Quick Jot - Mix and Mingle Studio Time 1 Photographers Meeting 2 Writing - Complete Script + Upload document to Proof Readers Folder Process Meeting Whole Class (last 10 minutes) Home Learning Tuesday, October 11
Why should we protect the Urban Forest? What is the value of a tree? Do Now! Arrange the room to for our guest artist Mz Tree. Set aside your technology on the back table and place your gigantic backpacks there too! Grab your notebooks to capture inspiration and ideas. Project Page for Photos Home Learning for next Tuesday Friday, October 7 BLOOD DRIVE!
Why should we protect the Urban Forest? What is the value of a tree? Writing - Script + 1 Do Now! Project Documents. Goal for Today. Photographers 30 minutes. Examples of uploaded photos. Everyone writing for today. Keep your own document plus Home Learning requirement. Everyone needs to have some writing ready for Tuesday's Guest Artist Workshop. (Yeah, you!) Please be patient with me as a run back-and-forth to the Blood Drive. Tuesday, October 4
Why should we protect the Urban Forest? What is the value of a tree? Do Now! Grab your notebook and Project Folder Gathering: Share the common name of your tree and 2 of your areas of focus. Kindergarten Science! Thursday, October 6 permission slips and official sign up. Blood Drive - Initial Your Name Please Studio Time - Tour Builder Pins for Photographers Photography - What kinds of shots? (List) How many of each tree? (8-10?) Where should they go?(Shared google folder) Research - search, read, organize Writing - See project document. Looking ahead: We will have a guest artist on Tuesday and Friday to do some prewriting practice and support your writing. We may need to adjust our schedule. Home Learning Thirty to forty minutes of writing. Shared plans. Friday, Sept. 30
Why should we protect the Urban Forest? What is the value of a tree? Do Now! Use your tree selection form and a folder and some tape to organize your 'Tales of the Urban Forest' folder. Gathering: Share the common name of your tree and at least 1 reason why you selected it. Kindergarten Science! Thursday, October 6. Whole group discussion: Every Root An Anchor home learning. Studio Time 1 Create Project Google Folder - BOTANY | Your Name - and Share it with your Partner and Karen - [email protected]. and then, Explore Professional Models - process? suggestions Share. Notebook. Studio Time 2 Individually or in your project group: Brainstorm and Select 3 or 4 Areas of Focus for your plant Create a research document in your BOTANY folder or pages in your notebook for Tales of the Urban forest resources, notes, add your 3-4 areas of focus. Home Learning for Tuesday. Tuesday also be prepared to share information on the leaf cross section. Tuesday, Sept. 27 and Wednesday, Sept. 28
Study and Practice Leaf Anatomy - Internal and External Use your knowledge of external leaf anatomy to identify plants. (OBSERVATION, PATTERN RECOGNITION) Connect your developing knowledge of internal leaf anatomy to the cross cutting concept of STRUCTURE/FUNCTION relationships. Do Now! Get your studio time check list back from me. Make a plan for today. Share in your folder group. All together. Tales of the Urban Forest Project Document. HomeLearning Update. Studio Time - Studio Time Norms and Goals, Starting and then . . . 1 Identify the internal anatomy, cell types and functions on the paper leaf cross section using the Leaf Cross Section Resources (15 - 20 min.) Individually or in pairs of your choice 2 Make stem cuttings of the Plectranthus and Tropical Variegated Boxwood (<10 min.) Individually 3 Provide evidence of your ability to use the WI key to identify trees. (15 - 20 min.) Individually or in pairs of your choice 4 Show me 100% on the Leaf Vocabulary Quizlet (10 - 15 minutes?) Individually or in pairs of your choice 5 Plant Selection Form - Weather is questionable for Wednesday . . .(<20 min.) Individually or in pairs of your choice 6 Ticket Out - Project Roles (<5 min.) Choose your top 3 (1 most preferred, 2 still good, 3 OK if needed) If you have specialized skills . . . Please do this on the 1/2 sheet scrap paper and put it in the evidence of learning folder. Choices: Sound Production Team - voice and record sound podcast, editing, uploading to website Photography - must have smartphone with camera or regular camera and skills to edit and upload quality photos Website Design - gather all images, sound files, and writing in a clear navigable way in less than 5 hundred years Proof Reading - Individual student writing and website headings and navigation Marketing - Prepare materials to inform the school and community about the project Homelearning for next Tuesday! Friday, September 23
Disciplinary Skill: Using Dichotomous Keys to Identify Plants Do Now! Patterns? Last Tuesday's home learning 'word' choices. Prepare for walking to the JMKAC Grounds. Check your folder for necessary keys and your first 8. Clipboard? Notebooks? Paper for recording identifications. Tree ID and Garden Tour at the JMKAC Home Learning - Practice Leaf Vocabulary Quizlet and Home Learning Blog for Tuesday. Tuesday, September 20
Disciplinary Skill: Using Dichotomous Keys to Identify Plants Do Now! Use the CONNECT SECTION of the Blog Comment/Reply Rubric to score the example blog found in your folder. Do this with your folder group - discuss. (3 minutes) Now that you have practiced - use the rubric to provide feedback to another student's response on our homelearning blog. Use the reply button under their comment and the 'string' will stay together. Using the language and criteria from the CONNECT section of the rubric make at least one positive comment/a value and at least one concern or suggestion. Be specific! (5 minutes) (3 minutes) Read the feedback on your own comment. Debrief. Turn in practice rubric page in the evidence folder. Next week . . . Key Practice With your folder group - you will need: All copies of both tree keys. BUT always start with the WI Key - it has more plants included. Paper for recording results - all of your names and number 1-8. Clipboard or two. Your notebooks for the drawings of vocabulary. Leave gigantic back packs and chromebooks in the classroom - the door will be locked. We will walk together and look for the numbered trees. Closing: Put away keys in folders, turn in your paper to the 'evidence of learning folder'. Clipboards in the box. HomeLearning for next Tuesday. Friday, September 16
Disciplinary Skill: Writing and Using Dichotomous Keys to Identify Plants Do Now! Individually practice the Leaf Vocabulary Quizlet. Aim for 100%. In your notebook - 9.16 Quizlet Vocabulary - Identify the 3 most important and 3 most difficult or confusing. In your folder group share your choices - same/different? Writing a Short Dichotomous Key - practice the thinking. Practice Using the Plant Keys - whole group, folder groups. HomeLearning and Outside tree ID on Tuesday. Wednesday, September 14
Learning Goal or Essential Question: Classroom Culture: Concerns? Changes? Norms Check Botany: Plant Organs (All of um.) Leaves - detailed morphology. Continue cloning. Do Now! Greet your folder group. Be prepared to share concerns and suggestions on the management plan. Our classroom culture. Norms Check on your folder in your folder group. Note Taking Audio Clip Interactive Notebook DRAW with me! Plant organs. Leaf vocabulary for identification and description Studio Time Finish goldfish plants. Work on Variegated Tropical Boxwood and Black Plectranthus. Generate study materials for leaf vocabulary. Practice Leaf Vocabulary Quizlet. Remember your HomeLearning. Tuesday, September 13 Learning Goal or Essential Question: Organization: Website Tour, Notebook Set Up, Culture, First Home Learning, Leaf Collection, Garden Work Do Now! Find your folder group. Grab your notebook. Put your name and the class on the front (BOTANY). First page reflection Title: How Plants Secretly Talk to Each Other Paragraph form written reflection. Choose "I Used to Think, but Now I Think" or "What? So What? Now What?" Website Tour - First HomeLearning Bookmark the site: www.robisonideas.weebly.com Studio Time Rotation Everybody 1 Culture, Annotations, Concerns/Changes,Signatures At least one of these 2 2 Stem Cuttings with Karen and Miranda 3 Leaf Collection for Study - Biodiversity Wood, newspaper, press Notebook: Today's Date 9.13 - bullet points What did you accomplish today? Which rotations? Notebooks go in the teal/green box. Standing neatly please. How will you remember to do the home learning? Friday, September 9, 2016
Learning Goal or Essential Question: Active Introduction to the Thinking Goals and Cross Cutting Concepts - Make Them Visual! How do Plants Communicate? Do Now! Find your business cards and wire sketch design. Make the wire sketch. Be prepared to identify your HoMs or CCC and your supporting design. (Group responsibility - I can ask anybody.) 10 minutes or less Announcements: Sunday Noon - 3 Mulching Project, Blood Drive, Outside next week, Interactive Notebook Tuesday. How do Plants Communicate? JigSaw 1 Individually Annotate the Article with Connect Extend Challenge 2 Find your compatriots and prepare the JigSaw on the numbered sections. Summary and CEC. Share. 3 Whole class: Identify the HoMs and CCC elements. 4 Paragraph form written reflection. Choose "I Used to Think, but Now I Think" or "What? So What? Now What?" Ticket Out: Business Card and Reflection Announcements: Sunday Noon - 3 Mulching Project, Blood Drive, Outside next week, Interactive Notebook Tuesday. Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Learning Goal or Essential Question: Active Introduction to the Thinking Goals and Cross Cutting Concepts - Make Them Visual! Do Now! Make your business card. Check out the example on the white board. (Timer, 3 minutes) Welcome! (5 minutes) Gathering: Circle up. Around the circle - share your name and one other thing (your choice) on your business card. (5 minutes) Make Ideas Visible with Wire Symbols Design and create a symbol to represent the thinking or actions that represent your piece of our habits of thinking or cross cutting concepts. Design with paper/pencil, test ideas - put your names on the finished sketch. Make a wire outline version of your sketch. Groups: Random with Business Cards Materials: Habit or CCC on paper - random, scrap paper for designing, wire and wire cutters. Limits: Mostly outlines similar to sketches, can be more than one piece, must be able to hang on string from the ceiling, avoid big heavy multiple wrapping; time = today (20 minutes) Gallery Walk - if we have time! Ticket Out: Business Card and wire symbol. Remember! Interactive Notebook by next Tuesday. Be prepared to work outside next week - sunglasses, hat, jacket, shoes that can get dirty. |
Resources
TIMER Resources for Succulents/Tiny Gardens
Definition and Picture Gallery Tripod Container Tutorial Images of Good/Bad cuttings 3 Results of Stem/Leaf Cuttings January 2017
Plant Design Project Big IDEAS for Annotation Project Document Design Criteria Design Rubric (needs cleaning up, but the intent will not change) Presentation Rubric Research and Design Worksheet 9.27
Leaf Cross Section Resources Leaf Structure/Function Video Boundless Online Textbook Enchanted Learning Tutorial Leaf cross section practice label game Leaf anatomy animation tutorial |